The Lumineers - Cleopatra

[00:12.03] I was Cleopatra, I was young and an actress [00:18.54] When you knelt by my mattress and asked for my hand [00:24.73] But I was sad, you asked it as I laid in a black dress [00:31.39] With my father in a casket, I had no plans, yeah [00:38.24] [00:40.47] [00:43.89] And I left the footprints, the mud stained on the carpet [00:50.29] And it hardened like my heart did when you left town [00:56.56] But I must admit it, that I would marry you in an instant [01:02.36] Damn your wife, I'd be your mistress just to have you around [01:08.93] But I was late for this, late for that [01:12.75] Late for the love of my life [01:15.54] And when I die alone, when I die alone [01:19.13] Die I'll be on time, I [01:24.87] [01:29.77] And while the church discouraged any lust that burned within me [01:35.68] Yes, my flesh it was my currency, but I held true [01:42.50] So I drive a taxi, and the traffic distracts me [01:48.74] From the strangers in my backseat, they remind me of you [01:54.90] But I was late for this, late for that [01:58.67] Late for the love of my life [02:01.46] And when I die alone, when I die alone [02:04.77] When I die I'll be on time [02:09.37] The only gifts from my Lord [02:12.73] Were a birth and a divorce [02:17.40] But I've read this script and the costume fits [02:21.14] So I play my parts [02:24.80] [02:28.40] I was Cleopatra, I was taller than the rafters [02:34.62] But that's all in the past, love, gone with the wind [02:40.93] And now a nurse in white shoes leads me back to my guestroom [02:47.54] It's a bed and a bathroom, and a place for the end [02:56.75] I won't be late for this, late for that [03:00.51] Late for the love of my life [03:03.46] And when I die alone, when I die alone [03:07.18] Die I'll be on time, I [03:11.92]